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Iceland
Iceland. The Land of Ice. The Ice of Land? Iceland was on both of our bucket lists and we decided that we could fit in a short visit after stopping in England and Ireland during a two week vacation. We Read more…
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Movie Memory Duel Posts
Dances with Wolves
Rules for Movie Memory Duel: 1) Both halves of Brerin must have watched the movie together. 2) It must be at least 3 months since having seen the movie. 3) Each half is given 3 minutes to compose their honest Read more…
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Spending Some Time in Reykjavik
For the latter part of our trip we based ourselves out of Reykjavik, the island’s beautiful capital. We learned that Reykjavik loosely means “smoke bay” and was possibly named by early Icelandic Ingolfr Arnarson when he noticed the steam from Read more…
Movie Memory Duel Posts
Platoon
Rules for Movie Memory Duel: 1) Both halves of Brerin must have watched the movie together. 2) It must be at least 3 months since having seen the movie. 3) Each half is given 3 minutes to compose their honest Read more…
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A Tale of Two Hot Springs
The Blue Lagoon. To do or not to do. That is the question. When googling things to do in Iceland prior to a visit, most travelers will see this colorful locale come up in the first few suggestions. For those Read more…
Movie Memory Duel Posts
Halloween
Rules for Movie Memory Duel: 1) Both halves of Brerin must have watched the movie together. 2) It must be at least 3 months since having seen the movie. 3) Each half is given 3 minutes to compose their honest Read more…
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RMNP – Trail Ridge Road to Estes Park
One of our goals for Colorado was to drive the Trail Ridge Road, which has the distinguished honor of being the road with the highest continuous pavement in the USA (thanks internet!). Due to its height, the road becomes too Read more…
Movie Memory Duel Posts
Lawrence of Arabia
Rules for Movie Memory Duel: 1) Both halves of Brerin must have watched the movie together. 2) It must be at least 3 months since having seen the movie. 3) Each half is given 3 minutes to compose their honest Read more…
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Rocky Mountain National Park – Grand Lake, Big Meadows
Following our 98.1% conquest of Mt. Bierstadt (% conquest = 13,800 ft reached / 14,060 ft total elevation), we bolted for Grand Lake, a small touristy village nestled right next to the only Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) west side Read more…
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Mt. Bierstadt
What would a hiking trip in Colorado be without attempting to climb a 14er? Or so we heard! Granted, we did travel up Pikes Peak, but we figured driving up in your car was kind of cheating. So we looked Read more…